i saw this only now: an allegation of rape raised by the Collegian against a student candidate in the student council elections, brought up during the election debate-forum. The allegation of rape was not denied. Meron bang na- rape — Totoo ba ito? Kung hindi nangyari, dapat ay i-deny; kung totoong nangyari, hindi dapat ganito ang pag-handle.
(If the allegation is true, and if the offended party does not wish to come forward, his/her right to privacy should be respected; legally, however, this can be handled without disclosing the identity of the offended party to the public (and even without involving the offended party if there are other pieces of evidence). )
(see screenshot below of the Collegian twitter account).
This is the definition of rape (the second paragraph punishes the overt acts regardless of gender) :
Revised Penal Code as amended by Republic Act 8353: “Article 266-A. Rape: When And How Committed. – Rape is committed: “1) By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following circumstances: “a) Through force, threat, or intimidation; “b) When the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; “c) By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and “d) When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is demented, even though none of the circumstances mentioned above be present. (or, regardless of gender) (parenthetical note by blog admin) “2) By any person who, under any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 hereof (through force, threat, or intimidation; or when the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; or by means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; or when the offended party is 12 years old or is demented, even though none of the circumstances mentioned above be present), shall commit an act of sexual assault by inserting his penis into another person’s mouth or anal orifice, or any instrument or object, into the genital or anal orifice of another person.”
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verses, Bob Dylan …Come writers and critics Who prophesy with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon For the wheel’s still spin And there’s no tellin’ who That it’s namin’. For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin’. Come senators, Congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There’s a battle outside And it is ragin’. It’ll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin’. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don’t criticize What you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command
Your old road is Rapidly agin’. Please get on the new one If you can’t lend your hand For the times they are a-changin’. The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow ones now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin’. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin’. -written and composed by Bob Dylan, originally performed by the songwriter
Photo: Black Friday Black Parade University of the Philippines Diliman 13 April 2018 rightclicked from the Philippine Collegian, used here non-commercially for academic purposes
